Koh: “I would like to reassure you that the entire amount collected will be going to Asher’s hospitalisation bills, and not used for anything else.”
, has disclosed that his hospital bills amounted to about $700,000.
Koh, 33, said Yow handed the collection – believed to be over $34,000 – to her and her husband, photographer James Chen, last week. She has an older son Noah, three, and is nine months pregnant with another boy. “We were expecting him to come off Ecmo sooner, but he couldn’t,” she said. “Additionally, we have outstanding bills from the second and third admission last year, which amounts to just under 200k.”
Koh said both she and Chen knew the bills would be significant, but they agreed to bear it entirely themselves.
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